About Me
Posted on March 3, 2011
Biography Philip Deal, native of Virginia Beach, Virginia, is an internationally renowned classical and contemporary dancer. He is an award winning choreographer and teacher, whose works have been commissioned by dance companies, schools, and professional dancers in the United States and abroad. At 10, Philip followed Jazz Master Frank Hatchett to NYC to train under him at the Broadway Dance Center while studying at Wiest-Barron school of TV. At 14, he received his training at the Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington D.C. and toured with the Kirov Ballet of St. Petersburg Russia across America for three years performing as a soloist in The Nutcracker while spending his summer time at School of American Ballet and the American Ballet Theatre’s Young Dancer’s Program NYC. At the age of 16, Philip was the youngest full-ranking soloist in the history of the Komische Oper in Berlin, Germany. At 18, he was the youngest ever and only American ever to win a medal at the Concours International de Danse de Paris performing original choreography by Mia Michaels. At 19, he founded his own dance company Floor Play Contemporary Dance Company, which he continues to direct. In 2002, he taught ballet at STEPS on Broadway in New York City in its International Young Dancers Program. Philip has taught master classes and judged at regional and national dance competitions such as Dance Masters of America, Dance Educators of America and Aspire. Philip is an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher with the Yoga Alliance and received his certification through YogaFit Training Systems. He received his advanced Yoga training under Master Adam Nguyen, a descendant of Quang Trung Nguyen Hue, the 18th century Vietnamese King and Yoga Master at the International Yoga Institute in Virginia Beach. Philip began pole dancing in North Carolina at Chasers Bar, Charlotte’s only all male review. He received his Pole Fitness certification through Body and Pole, NYC X-Pert Teacher Training under Kyra Johannesen. In October this past year Philip was privileged to compete in the Masters Division at the American Pole Fitness Championships in NYC. In December he was cast as the Dildo Prince in Boston’s famous burlesque parody of the Nutcracker, The Slutcracker, as featured on ABC Nightline News. Philip is now the first male sponsored athlete by Platinum Stages Dance Poles, and is a representative for them on the North East coast.
